SMS API for Bahamas: bulk SMS to +1 numbers

The Bahamas is an archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, with Nassau as its capital, known for its tourism and financial services industries. Resorts, airlines, and banks use SMS to communicate with customers. Messages are triggered by events like booking confirmations, flight updates, or account alerts. SMS is preferred because it reaches all mobile users, including tourists with roaming enabled.

Bahamas

Calling code +1

Per SMS segment
$0.01017
Messages for $100
9,832
Local language
English
Encoding
GSM-7

What a bulk SMS send to the Bahamas costs

Every message is priced at $0.01017 per segment to the Bahamas. Texts over 160 GSM-7 or 70 Unicode characters are split into segments, so a two-segment text costs twice as much.
Messages1 segment2 segments
1$0.01017$0.02034
1,000$10.17$20.34
10,000$101.70$203.40
100,000$1,017.00$2,034.00

Number format in Bahamas

The Bahamas uses the North American Numbering Plan: +1, a three-digit area code and a seven-digit number, such as +1 242 359 1234. The API reads the area code (242 here) to price the number as the Bahamas rather than the United States, so keep the full eleven digits in your list.

Alphabet and segments

English text stays inside the GSM-7 alphabet, so one segment to the Bahamas holds 160 characters and each part of a longer text 153. Watch for curly quotes and emoji copied from other tools: one of them moves the whole text to Unicode at 70 characters per segment, and POST /v1/estimates shows the encoding before you send.

Time zone and timing

The Bahamas changes its clocks: Nassau is on UTC-5 in January and UTC-4 in July. 09:00 in Nassau is 14:00 UTC in January and an hour earlier in UTC while summer time runs, so give send_at with the local offset (for example -05:00 in winter) and the API does the conversion.

Send to Bahamas with one request

The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (BS) and the price. A delivered or failed event follows on your webhook, and a failed message is refunded.

For a list, send the same text to up to 10,000 numbers with POST /v1/batches, or a personal text per number in messages.

curl https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BULKSMSAPI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"to": "+12423591234", "text": "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes."}'

What developers send to the Bahamas

Common integrations that call the SMS API for recipients in the Bahamas.

Booking confirmations

Resorts in Nassau send SMS confirmations for room bookings, including check-in details.

Flight updates

Airlines notify passengers in Freeport about flight delays or gate changes via SMS.

Account alerts

Banks send SMS alerts for account activities, such as withdrawals or deposits, to customers in Grand Bahama.

SMS to Bahamas: questions

More answers on accounts, payments and the API are in the FAQ.

How much does it cost to send bulk SMS to the Bahamas?

Each message segment to the Bahamas costs $0.01017. A plain text of up to 160 characters is one segment, so 1,000 one-segment messages cost $10.17 and 10,000 cost $101.70. Failed messages are refunded to the balance.

How many SMS to the Bahamas does a $100 top-up send?

$100 covers about 9,832 one-segment messages to the Bahamas at $0.01017 each. The first top-up adds a bonus on top, which raises that number. The balance is shared by every country, so the same top-up also pays for messages anywhere else on the list.

How do I write Bahamas numbers for the API?

Send them in international format with the plus sign: +1 242 359 1234 becomes "+12423591234" in the to field. The API also accepts spaces, dashes and a 00 prefix and cleans them, and numbers that cannot be read are listed in set_aside instead of being charged.

What language should SMS messages use in the Bahamas?

English is the official language and is widely used for SMS. It is suitable for both locals and tourists.

How does SMS handle peak tourist seasons?

SMS is highly reliable during peak tourist seasons, ensuring timely communication with visitors across the islands.

Start sending to The Bahamas

Create an account, top up from $40 and send to the Bahamas at $0.01017 per segment, from the console or with one API call.

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